So this begins the adventure of posting my thoughts, experiences and ideas on the web for people to read and hopefully be triggered to think, give me advice....or atleast laugh. As to what I will have to say or think each week, who knows, so hopefully I will experience new exciting and different things that I will be able to write about.
My first Semester at NAU was absolutely amazing. It was better than I thought it could be and I made the greatest friends and was blessed with a great roommate who I have grown very close to. All semester I saw problems in other relationships and with other friends and was so happy that I did not have any problems, but this semester things have changed. My world has, in a way, flipped upside down. I cannot handle all the drama with the girls in the dorm. I am the nice girl who listens to everyone and will go out of my way to do anything for anyone, but now I am realizing that people are walking all over me and using me and then when I need them, they are not there. I don't want to be selfish but I feel like I give, give, give and get nothing in return. I never have any "me time." I have this friend who is wanting to control me and I need her to back away and let me live. For example, this friend thinks her way to live life is the only way to live and doesn't always respect my opinions, lifestyle and morals. So when she disagrees with something I do, then she becomes angry with me.
How can I still be the nice Joanna and please, help and love friends while trying to be separate from them and not succumb to their control or drop to their level of immaturity.
My first Semester at NAU was absolutely amazing. It was better than I thought it could be and I made the greatest friends and was blessed with a great roommate who I have grown very close to. All semester I saw problems in other relationships and with other friends and was so happy that I did not have any problems, but this semester things have changed. My world has, in a way, flipped upside down. I cannot handle all the drama with the girls in the dorm. I am the nice girl who listens to everyone and will go out of my way to do anything for anyone, but now I am realizing that people are walking all over me and using me and then when I need them, they are not there. I don't want to be selfish but I feel like I give, give, give and get nothing in return. I never have any "me time." I have this friend who is wanting to control me and I need her to back away and let me live. For example, this friend thinks her way to live life is the only way to live and doesn't always respect my opinions, lifestyle and morals. So when she disagrees with something I do, then she becomes angry with me.
How can I still be the nice Joanna and please, help and love friends while trying to be separate from them and not succumb to their control or drop to their level of immaturity.
